旧约 - 历代记上(1 Chronicles)第23章

When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
He also gathered together all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.
The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.
David said, "Of these, twenty-four thousand are to supervise the work of the temple of the LORD and six thousand are to be officials and judges.
Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose."
David divided the Levites into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
Belonging to the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the first, Zetham and Joel--three in all.
The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel and Haran--three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.
And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza, Jeush and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei--four in all.
Jahath was the first and Ziza the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; so they were counted as one family with one assignment.
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel--four in all.
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart, he and his descendants forever, to consecrate the most holy things, to offer sacrifices before the LORD, to minister before him and to pronounce blessings in his name forever.
The sons of Moses the man of God were counted as part of the tribe of Levi.
The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
The descendants of Gershom: Shubael was the first.
The descendants of Eliezer: Rehabiah was the first. Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the first.
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.
The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first and Isshiah the second.
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
Eleazar died without having sons: he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth--three in all.
These were the descendants of Levi by their families--the heads of families as they were registered under their names and counted individually, that is, the workers twenty years old or more who served in the temple of the LORD.
For David had said, "Since the LORD, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever,
the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service."
According to the last instructions of David, the Levites were counted from those twenty years old or more.
The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the temple of the LORD: to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the house of God.
They were in charge of the bread set out on the table, the flour for the grain offerings, the unleavened wafers, the baking and the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.
They were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD. They were to do the same in the evening
and whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on Sabbaths and at New Moon festivals and at appointed feasts. They were to serve before the LORD regularly in the proper number and in the way prescribed for them.
And so the Levites carried out their responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting, for the Holy Place and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, for the service of the temple of the LORD.
历代志上第廿三章   第 23 章 

  代上 23 章 > 23 章之后的 5 章作者要交待什么? 

  23 章 大卫虽然不能建造圣殿,却为圣殿多方准备,态度极其认真。他不但为圣殿预备了经费和材料,并且为行政工作以及敬拜聚会作了多方面的安排和设计。最初读历代志的人,是从被掳之地归回,重建被巴比伦军队毁灭的圣殿的人,这一段建造圣殿过程的史料对他们极其宝贵。以下的五章,说明行政组织对平稳有效的事奉是不可少的。 

  代上 23:1> 所罗门作王的历史还记载于── 

  23:1 关于所罗门登基,以及亚多尼雅想篡夺王位的详情,见列王纪下 1-2 章。 

  代上 23:3> 又是数点人数?这次…… 

  23:3 大卫这一次数点人数蒙神悦纳,而在 21 章之中所记载的那次却招耶和华惩罚,原因何在?因为这一次只数点利未人,就是被分别出来事奉神之人。这次数点是为了组织他们做圣殿的工作,不像上次,数点战士的数目是出于大卫的骄傲与自负。 

  代上 23:14> 神人是指什么呢?神圣?抑或…… 

  23:14 本节提到摩西并称他为“神人”。属于神的人无论男女,他们身上都反映出神的同在、形像与大能,这是对人多么意味深远的描述! 

  祭司与利未人在圣殿中的职责 

  代上 23:28-32> 祭司和利未人各尽其责;我在教会尽上了当尽的本分没有? 

  23:28-32 祭司和利未人在圣殿和它的周围有不同的工作。祭司有权献祭,利未人则被指派分别出来协助祭司。利未人作长老、执事、保管助理、乐师、搬运、修理及守门等工作。祭司与利未人同出于利未支派,不过祭司必须是第一任大祭司亚伦的后裔(参出 28:1-3 )。祭司与利未人都领受以色列人的十一奉献,并从分给他们的城邑之中得到经费。如果没有祭司与利未人同心主领宗教礼仪,以色列人就不能在圣殿敬拜神。他们的责任尽管不同,在神的计划之中却是同样重要的。不论你在教会中居于什么地位,你的事奉都能让会众受益。──《灵修版圣经注释》